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SUNDAY, MAY 14, 1989

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ANTI-DRUG PUBLICITY PROJECTS FOR YOUNGSTERS

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YOUNG PEOPLE. AGED 12 AND ABOVE, ARE URGED ΤΟ JOIN A SCHEME UNDER WHICH THEY CAN DESIGN, PLAN AND IMPLEMENT ANTI-NARCOTICS EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLICITY PROJECTS.

BY THE

"UNDER THE YOUTH AGAINST DRUG SCHEME (YADS) SPONSORED ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS, STUDENTS AND YOUTH GROUPS, CONSISTING OF NOT LESS THAN 10 MEMBERS. CAN PRESENT THEIR PROPOSALS FOR CONSIDERATION AND FUNDING." A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NARCOTICS DIVISION OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT SAID TODAY SUNDAY).

EACH SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION WILL RECEIVE A GRANT OF UP TO $4,000 TO COVER EXPENSES.

"THROUGH PLANNING, ORGANISING AND RUNNING THE PROJECTS, PARTICIPANTS CAN EXERCISE THEIR IMAGINATION AND CREATIVITY TO PROMOTE THE ANTI-DRUG MESSAGE.

"MORE SIGNIFICANTLY, THEY CAN ALSO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DRUG ABUSE PROBLEM IN HONG KONG AND PROVIDE A VALUABLE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY BY DISSEMINATING THE MESSAGE TO OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE, HE ADDED.

THE SCHEME HAS RECEIVED ENTHUSIASTIC PEOPLE SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN AUGUST 1981.

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RESPONSE FROM YOUNG

IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, A TOTAL OF 78 PROJECTS, SELECTED FROM HUNDREDS OF APPLICATIONS, WERE IMPLEMENTED.

PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES LAUNCHED INCLUDED SEMINARS, EXHIBITIONS, GAMES DAYS, CONCERTS, DRAMA AND OTHER RECREATION-BASED ACTIVITIES.

APPLICATION FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE NARCOTICS DIVISION, 23RD FLOOR, QUEENSWAY GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 66 QUEENSWAY, HONG KONG.

TELEPHONE ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED ΤΟ THE DIVISION ON

5-8672761/2.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO NOTED THAT

LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WISHING TO PLAN AND IMPLEMENT ANTI-DRUG PROJECTS REQUIRING SUBSIDIES EXCEEDING THE YADS GRANT CEILING WERE ALSO INVITED TO SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS.

"EACH PROPOSAL WILL BE CONSIDERED THOROUGHLY WHILE THE AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY WILL DEPEND ON INDIVIDUAL MERITS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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THE "COMBAT PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES EXHIBITION AND FORUM" ORGANISED BY THE QUEENSWAY JAYCEES AND THE "ANTI-PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES ABUSE DRAMA COMPETITION" INITIATED BY JAYCEES IN 1988 ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTS ORGANISED IN THE PAST.

THE BAUHINIA

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